What I Feed My Kid

Hello! You may have seen on my Facebook page that I have joined a few other mamas in a fun new endeavor on Instagram called "What I Feed My Kid".

We are all sharing what we feed our kids through photos in hopes to inspire other mamas who may be in a rut with their meals! Here are a few of the fun things we've shared so far:  

Healthier twice baked potatoes. Red potatoes stuffed with potato, cauliflower mash, a little bit of butter, plain Greek yogurt, cheddar cheese, cauliflower and broccoli florets.

Indian food last night for this 17 month old toddler. Naan, hummus, quinoa, lentils and chicken saag. He loved dipping the naan into everything! When in doubt, dip

Big lunch today for this growing toddler! Whole fat cottage cheese, spinach cake with ranch to dip, potato casserole, apples and blackberries. Mmm! 

LO is having whole wheat French toast with cinnamon sweet potato spread on top and a side of green grapes and Mandarin oranges.

And of course, we like to share meals and snacks that inspire us!

Featuring @foodfitforkids 😀Looked delicious and I thought you all might think so too! Celery, almond butter and trail mix. What's not to love!?!

If you want to share your healthy meal/snack ideas with us and be featured just use #whatifeedmykid or #wifmk! 

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Meal Plan: 10/20-10/24

Monday: Chicken Saag with naan and hummus – I soooooo rarely buy anything premade, but this weekend while Hubs and I did our Costco shopping he was hungry for Indian food and that is something that's out of my wheelhouse so we picked up a package of Basus brand Chicken Saag. I love giving LW hummus as a snack to dip anything in so since we were already buying the saag and hummus I splurged and bought naan as well. I hope it's all delicious!

Tuesday: Chicken Noodle Soup – I made a big pot of my pressure cooker chicken stock  this weekend so it will be put to good use on Tuesday in my own recipe of chicken noodle soup. I don't do anything fancy, but having homemade stock to start the pot makes the soup way more tasty. Half of this batch will be going to a family from church who just welcomed a little bundle two weeks ago. Welcome to the world, Isla!

Wednesday: Leftovers!

Thursday: Hamburger Pie – This recipe is a winter staple in our house. I use about equal parts spinach and ground beef for the "meat" portion to bulk up the healthy greens in our diet - which always seem to be lacking! I love winter cooking because I can put spinach in every casserole and no one notices. I will be making one XL hamburger pie this week to split as it's my week to cook for our friends family.

Friday: Tortellini w/ Spinach & Tomatoes – Because I had to buy spinach for the hamburger pie, I wanted to make sure I utilized it as much as I could this week (I plan on blanching and freezing the rest). This recipe I found on Pinterest and have seen it marked, like so many others, as "the best crock pot recipe I've ever found on Pinterest" which usually red-flags me into thinking it's a scam link but this recipe is CRAZY DELICIOUS. It truly is the best recipe I've found on Pinterest and I think about this tortellini in my sleep. It is so, so so good and couldn't be easier. I use: Cream cheese, spinach, tortellini, 2 cans diced tomatoes (I like to use the Italian blend when I have it, otherwise I add an onion and a few cloves of garlic) and home made chicken stock. Low for 5-6 hours and HOLY MACKEREL my mouth is watering. Try this one!!

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Meal Plan: 10/14-10/17

Due to travel I didn't meal plan last week and I'm a day late this week, but here it is!

Tuesday: Sloppy Joes This is my favorite recipe for sloppy joes. I add a little BBQ sauce to it to make it a little saucier. It's so delicious! 

Wednesday: Creamy Tomato Orzo Soup It's Lauren's week to cook and this is her pick! I can't wait to try it for lunch on Thursday - I will be at SYTYCD with my best friend Molly on Wednesday night!

Thursday: Shrimp Scampi Pasta w/ Tomatoes I feel like comfort food this week, if you couldn't tell. This buttery, garlicy, carbohydrate-filled dish fits the bill. 

Friday: Chicken Pot Pie w/ Biscuit Crust Every Friday night I love to host a crowd. This dish will be hearty and homey and fill our bellies with delight! Our guests will be bringing dessert :D Mmmm. 

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Meal Plan: 9/29-10/3

Monday: Sweet Potato, Chicken and Quinoa Soup 

Tuesday: Slow cooker beef stew w/ peas and mashed potatoes
Hubs requested this one and I HATE using canned cream soups (or any canned soups) but I do have some from my never-ending stash from before I was wise to the world of food. Best to use them than waste them. This is the meal I am sharing with my friend Lauren's family this week – we share the mindset of 'everything is okay in moderation', including canned soups :)

Wednesday: Leftovers (My office day)
Thursday: Quesadillas
I love having cheater nights of something so simple for dinner. Some families make breakfast for dinner, we make quesadillas when we want to be lazy and eat comfort food.
Friday: Whole roasted lemon-herb chicken, roasted parmesan broccoli, pasta. 

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Meal Plan: Sept 22-26

I know, I know. TWO blog posts in one day. WHAT has gotten into me!? Well, I've been wanting to post my meal plan every week since I make one and thought maybe someone here could benefit from it! And if not? That's okay too. I love sharing regardless.

Most recipes I make can be found either in the "Recipes We'd Like to Try" board on my Pinterest page or the "Keeper Recipes" board. Otherwise it's just random stuff I make regularly. If something sounds tasty and doesn't have a link, please comment below and I will update the post with instructions!

Monday: Chicken Florentine Casserole (Keeper Recipes)

Tuesday: Baked chicken tenders, siracha orange green beans, roasted red potatoes. Update: The green beans were moved to my 'keeper' board because Hubs LOVED them. I will definitely keep them in the rotation for him, but they were slightly too spicy for me and way too spicy for LW. 

Wednesday: Every other Wednesday my friend makes us dinner, and every other Thursday I make her family dinner, so one night a week we each get the night 'off' but still get a home-cooked meal in our bellies! It works so well, I love it! This week she's making us baked ravioli. YUM. 

Thursday: Leftovers

Friday: Oven tacos  Update: From now on I will follow this recipe for the filling, but skip the baking process entirely. The filling is sinfully delicious and the baking just made the shells chewy....freezing and thawing made them downright soggy. Still satisfying but kind of a bummer this time around. 

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